Category: Grasses

Mark S – posted 03 July 2010 08:57 I live in Paulding County, Ga where my 1/2 acre lot is dominated by Yellow Poplar. It is very shaded. I am debating installing either Palmetto...

chuckwhite8 – posted 14 July 2010 22:21 Hello — we are about to start a backyard leveling project in Roswell, GA. It currently has Fescue which is very patchy and will be replaced/gone after...

ken4255 – posted 21 July 2010 11:50 My Meyer Zoysia lawn has some thin spots due to old drought and wear damage and the area is shady enough that it won’t recover (or it...

eaa628 – posted 24 July 2010 10:05 Looking for opinions here. I want to lay down zoysia and have narrowed it down to Cavalier and Zeon. Cost is about the same. So it boils...

awin4me – posted 18 May 2010 18:49 I just installed Empire Zoysia in my yard, its been 3 weeks, the sod is coming along nicely. Unfortunately, do to the initial watering needs I’m having...

vthok – posted 20 May 2010 11:08 http://www.brinkleys.org/users/tsl/Files/soil_test_results.JPG What kind of fertilizer should I be using? Should I be putting down lime or aerating? What do the above results tell me I need to...

rgr51 – posted 24 May 2010 22:26 Will be putting zoysia sod down soon but my soil ph is 5.2. Need to apply lime but wondering if I should apply lime to soil before...

mrmumbels – posted 05 June 2010 19:08 Has anyone had any success with empire zoysia in FL for 2+ years? I’d like to get some tips.

jb1020 – posted 07 June 2010 07:27 Been a long time lurker to this site, but thought a lot of folks might be interested in pieces of Empire at Lowes for $1.14. I just...

MrSolo – posted 09 June 2010 10:45 I was planing on replacing my back yard with Empire Zoysia. Roughly 5-6K sq ft and mainly full sun. While I have had good success with the...